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The next day we woke up to try to go to the Nikola Tesla
Museum which opened at 10am. First, and now we knew better, we got burek for
breakfast and then set off. We went a new route, but it was also very rainy and
wet today. When we arrived at the museum. there was a children’s tour group.
They told us that at 12pm there would be an English language tour, if we wanted
to wait. We decided to go get a coffee/look at buying souvenirs until the
museum was “opened.” Lizzie didn’t want to go look at souvenirs so she spilt
off from Jen and I. Jen and I couldn’t find the shop, it didn’t exist! So we
went back to a coffee shop and drank coffee/read magazines! Then at 12 we met
back up with Lizzie and toured the museum. There was a video about what Tesla
did for about 20-30 minutes, then he showed us some of his cool things he
developed. I want to link you to this infographic about Tesla that I found
after visiting the museum: click here! ) Did you know that Tesla invented wireless
communication? And that he had devised a way for free international service and
internet/calling? And he did this all in the early 1900s?
We decided to go back finish buying souvenirs and then go get lunch! We ate at a nice, Communist style decorated Serbian food location in the center of town! There was a slight misunderstanding with the ordering that was eventually worked out (When I ask what’s in the tomato salad, and you answer ONLY tomatoes and then try to serve me tomatoes AND onions, it is not ONLY tomatoes in the salad!). I also had a vegetable soup that was basically pureed veggies. After a leisurely lunch, we went to find a café for Lizzie and Jen to sit in because they were tired of exploring Belgrade. I however, was not! So after dropping them off I tried to go to the pedagogical museum which was supposed to be open on Sundays but clearly was not. Since nothing else was supposed to be open I was forced to head back and do nothing. Since I had nothing to read or do, I stopped off in a bookstore and got a book for really cheap. It ended up being a good read and interesting, but I don’t think I will go out of my way to get that author again. So after busing myself and finding new books I want to read when I get back to the US/buy on my nook, I ended up back in the café with Jen and Lizzie. I proceeded to order cake and tea and sit there with them for 3 hours. We then went to get dinner, and ended up with Chinese. Yummy Chinese food that we could take to go! Then it was back to the hostel to finish gathering our stuff and head to the train. Luckily we got there when we did because we got the last cabin together, the noisy one on the end, but man, if we had been any later, there wouldn’t have been any space for us! As it was, the guy had to make the top bunk up for me to sleep on. We had an uneventful border crossing at 5am. And an uneventful ride, this train was much more annoying than the last one- we would go really fast and then stop for 30-40 minutes rather than a slower pace with less stopping. And the top bunk rocks a whole lot more! Which means that I got less sleep than my last adventure through Belgrade! We arrived safe in Skopje again and Jen headed straight to Tetovo while Lizzie hung out until she could catch the train to Bitola in the afternoon.
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